Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 , Sending warm hugs to you today. You bring up an important point. With all the stress and pressure of fighting cancer and making touch decisions, it's important to remember to LIVE. ar -- Arlyn Grant arlynsg@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 , I wish you all the best. You are right to take time out from this endless worry and constraints. I do it from time to time, just to make me feel like I am OK. Wishing you recovery and feeling good at your retreat. Gloria >From: dorrnancy ....I am taking a day off, going to the gym and sitting in the hot tub >and the dry sauna and doing pretty much NOTHING. > >I have days were I want to be CANCER-FREE and today is one of those >days where I AM NOT GOING TO FIGHT IT..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Life was never meant to be so strict that none of the things that we think pleasurable are to be forever discarded. You did not get cancer because you had 'some' of anything and because none of us have all the answers, many of our approaches are extreme. Then again when one is afflicted with anything, simple or pointedly dangerous such as Cancer, we then do need to attack it by allowing the body to heal by giving it what it needs and depriving it of what is not necessarily good and most likely bad. Face it, what you did today was not going out on a binge, going to a bar and getting 'fall-down-drunk'.............it was just a break from your boring and maybe overbearing approach. Only you know if that is the case. Right now my dear and closest friend is suffering a number of ailments. Over the years he has often said, " I would rather live the way I want rather than deprive myself of the joy of eating whatever I want " . That after two By-pass operations and two Angioplasty. OK, he has survived doing all the things he always did and wants to do. His temporary illnesses, seemingly corrected by surgery, was worth it to him. However, now he has other issues such as digestion faults. This is different. It is affecting how he feels most of the time and not just some Angina pain or shortness of breath. This is affecting his favorite pastime..........eating. He will first seek the Purple Pill and other 'magic' from the people in White Coats but if they cannot help him he will either change his ways or wither away. It doesn't matter whether or not he thinks he can 'put it in God's hands' because the cemetery is full of people that did that or has someone found another Methuselah that lived 900 years? I doubt that. So, take your day or two off and relax. Break a rule. Enjoy yourself but then get back to reality and get on course to win. You have lots of years ahead and a lot of joy to experience but maybe not fanatically, just sound. Joe C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Great post, Joe. When I was first diagnosed and all the whirl-wind tests, operations, chemo, etc. began to happen, all I could think about was that I just wanted MY LIFE back. As I went through one month of horrendous chemotherapy and landed in the hospital, all I wanted was MY LIFE back. Even as I began seeing my alternative doc, all I wanted was MY LIFE back. Was that TOO MUCH TO ASK? I felt like ALL MY TIME was spent on trying to get well. My natural protocol was 24/7, never-ending and all the while I wondered IF I was doing the right thing. But you know what began to happen? I began to feel good. I began to look good. I had energy that I hadn't experienced in years. I could actually RUN on the treadmill....No, I actually WANTED to RUN on the treadmill. People literally didn't know who I was because I had changed so much. I had forgotten what it was like to be healthy and feel well. And, I STOPPED wanting MY LIFE BACK. You know, the life that had made me sick to begin with. I now had a NEW LIFE and it was wonderful!! The path that God had me on was one I would have NEVER CHOSEN for myself, yet it has turned out to be the best ever! God literally took something that put me on my behind (cancer diagnosis) and turned it into something beautiful. I'm no one special....the same thing can and does happen for others. So even though we THINK we would rather live the way we want, it's most likely because we have forgotten what it really feels like to be HEALTHY & WELL. The body learns to live with aches and pains (we are told by conventional medicine this is " normal " ) because of the instant gratification of food, drink, etc. However, nothing FEELS AS GOOD as BEING HEALTHY & WELL.....absolutely nothing. Be Well Loretta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Loretta: What would you recommend for a case where oxaliplatin wiped out most of the nerves in my hands and feet and I feel like crap most of the time no matter what I eat/drink or don't eat/drink? nothing FEELS AS GOOD as BEING HEALTHY & > WELL.....absolutely nothing. > > Be Well > Loretta > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 I think I have seen this question asked before and unfortunately I don't have any magic bullet other than recommendations that have already been suggested. I guess you have researched laser therapy (also cold laser) and/or pulsed magnetic field therapy? How about Poly MVA (not sure about this but it might be worth the research). However, possibly as your body gets more and more healthy you will begin to see some relief. I did a month of chemotherapy and one of the things that I remember is that I could always feel it in my eyes first! I was assured this was " normal. " To this day I think it affected them because of sometimes bothersome bluriness. Unfortuantely conventional medicine treatment never mentions how long-term health may be affected. Many bragg about not having any ill effects from chemotherpy but what I have seen happen is that as one gets older one begins to experience health concerns that are really not considered the norm, unless one had gone through chemo. Of course, most docs would never admit that chemo had anything to do with it. Be Well Lroetta -----Original Message----- Loretta: What would you recommend for a case where oxaliplatin wiped out most of the nerves in my hands and feet and I feel like crap most of the time no matter what I eat/drink or don't eat/drink? nothing FEELS AS GOOD as BEING HEALTHY & > WELL.....absolutely nothing. > > Be Well > Loretta > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Dear , it's so heart breaking to read you letter.I am so sorry to hear your effort thus the enormous stress you go through trying to schedule medication etc.However to have a peaceful mind why dont you try meditation as in buddhism. (I am ot telling because I am a buddhist). But in fact it's mind healing. Try to go to a local buddist temple once a week etc and let me know what you feel. you no need to become buddhist to feel the nature that you have around you by practicing meditation. Believe me you might not feel you ahev any sickness in your body at leat while meditating. Vishwjith / Sri Lanka ________________________________ From: dorrnancy <dorrnancy@...> Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 6:38:34 AM Subject: [ ] My New Goal I am in rebellion today from my protocol. I haven't taken my supplements except my Cesium today. I am taking a day off, going to the gym and sitting in the hot tub and the dry sauna and doing pretty much NOTHING. I have days were I want to be CANCER-FREE and today is one of those days where I AM NOT GOING TO FIGHT IT. I had two pieces of raw cacao berry clarity chocolate today--7 grams of sugar in them from malted grains. In between, I had some coconut yams from the health food store and took myself out for a vegan whole wheat Indian curry buritto. Yum!! I want to be normal. I don't want to have cancer. And I am tired of worrying about dying or the tumor growing. I am going to the movies tonight and if I had an air popper I would make me some popcorn and sneak it in. I am going to realize that life is not ALL about this CANCER. I am going to die one day and in-between now and my time of death, I am going to learn for the first time in my life how to relax, have fun and stop controlling and worrying about the minor details. I am going to learn how to be lead by faith---not fear; thoughtfulness- --not impulsiveness; action---not panic I have decided that if I can not live my life with peace and calm, then it is not a life worth living. Longevity and focusing solely on being cancer-free will no longer be my primary goal. I am seeking inner peace and harmony with myself and others as my primary reason d'etre. . I am going to the retreat at www.cedarsprings. org to seek counseling and to get closer to God and turn it all over to Him. My life is in His hands, not mine. Dorr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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